Newark USDA Loan Rates, Closing Costs & Stats

NEWARK, NJ-PA

USDA loans are zero-downpayment loans targeted towards lower-income households in rural areas. They can be made directly by the US Department of Agriculture or through a participating lender-- and they typically to borrowers with credit scores over 640. They can have subsidized rates, making them very competitive in terms of cost, but they have more stringent standards on who is eligible as well as specific covenants such as only being available in rural areas and limits on home size.

Newark USDA Loans, 30 Year Fixed Rates

30 Year USDA mortgages in Newark averaged 0% for the week of 2026-10-09, compared to the national average (all USDA variants) of 7.147% for the same period.

Newark's average USDA mortgage closing costs are $0.

The average rate for the prior week (2026-10-02) was 0% and one month ago for the week of 2026-09-04, the average rate was 0%.

The average rate one year ago was 0%.

For refis of the same type during the week of 2026-10-09, the average rate was 0%.

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Newark USDA Loan Lenders by Rates & Fees

The below table looks at the average fees/closing costs and rates for USDA 30 Year Fixed Rate (purchase, first lien) mortgages originated by each lender at the Newark level.

Name # of Loans 2024 Avg. 30yFix Rate 2024 Avg. Closing Costs

The lowest fee Newark USDA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are .

The lowest rate Newark USDA lenders (with over 10 loans originated) are .


Market Conditions (Median, Average Prices & Listing Count)

Realtor.com - Newark (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date Median Listing Price (YoY Change) Average Listing Price (YoY) MSA/US Median Price Ratio Active Listings
2018-01-01 $504,500 (12.2%) $1,201,897 (11.3%) 1.87 47,166
2018-02-01 $525,000 (13.2%) $1,203,837 (6.8%) 1.91 49,645
2018-03-01 $539,900 (11.9%) $1,180,874 (3.9%) 1.89 53,178
2018-04-01 $551,925 (10.6%) $1,177,424 (1.1%) 1.87 56,296
2018-05-01 $569,000 (10.7%) $1,170,846 (1.2%) 1.90 61,351
2018-06-01 $569,500 (9.5%) $1,152,998 (-0.1%) 1.90 64,304
2018-07-01 $564,000 (8.7%) $1,133,502 (-0.8%) 1.88 64,929
2018-08-01 $550,000 (10.1%) $1,099,883 (-1.9%) 1.84 64,092
2018-09-01 $559,000 (10.7%) $1,107,855 (-2.7%) 1.88 64,664
2018-10-01 $559,000 (7.0%) $1,118,438 (-4.1%) 1.89 65,012
2018-11-01 $559,000 (7.6%) $1,130,071 (-3.5%) 1.89 62,638
2018-12-01 $549,000 (7.7%) $1,130,081 (-4.4%) 1.89 56,644
2019-01-01 $545,000 (8.0%) $1,129,579 (-6.0%) 1.88 52,146
2019-02-01 $549,450 (4.7%) $1,141,878 (-5.2%) 1.86 54,158
2019-03-01 $562,429 (4.2%) $1,142,373 (-3.3%) 1.84 57,717
2019-04-01 $579,000 (4.9%) $1,138,123 (-3.3%) 1.84 61,683
2019-05-01 $595,000 (4.6%) $1,143,090 (-2.4%) 1.86 67,047
2019-06-01 $595,000 (4.5%) $1,134,392 (-1.6%) 1.86 68,877
2019-07-01 $582,500 (3.3%) $1,121,501 (-1.1%) 1.82 67,789
2019-08-01 $581,282 (5.7%) $1,115,772 (1.4%) 1.84 66,922
2019-09-01 $583,373 (4.4%) $1,128,475 (1.9%) 1.87 66,094
2019-10-01 $585,000 (4.7%) $1,138,560 (1.8%) 1.89 64,996
2019-11-01 $579,000 (3.6%) $1,151,274 (1.9%) 1.90 61,218
2019-12-01 $579,000 (5.5%) $1,177,551 (4.2%) 1.93 53,426
2020-01-01 $572,350 (5.0%) $1,186,442 (5.0%) 1.91 49,253
2020-02-01 $579,900 (5.5%) $1,189,724 (4.2%) 1.90 50,657
2020-03-01 $599,000 (6.5%) $1,194,653 (4.6%) 1.88 52,117
2020-04-01 $599,000 (3.5%) $1,235,772 (8.6%) 1.88 48,238
2020-05-01 $599,000 (0.7%) $1,210,559 (5.9%) 1.82 47,909
2020-06-01 $607,500 (2.1%) $1,202,446 (6.0%) 1.79 50,565
2020-07-01 $629,500 (8.1%) $1,216,514 (8.5%) 1.82 53,814
2020-08-01 $649,000 (11.7%) $1,257,269 (12.7%) 1.86 53,867
2020-09-01 $649,450 (11.3%) $1,270,295 (12.6%) 1.86 54,157
2020-10-01 $650,000 (11.1%) $1,299,551 (14.1%) 1.86 55,225
2020-11-01 $649,950 (12.3%) $1,314,186 (14.2%) 1.90 51,806
2020-12-01 $649,950 (12.3%) $1,335,691 (13.4%) 1.93 46,560
2021-01-01 $649,900 (13.6%) $1,383,054 (16.6%) 1.94 40,169
2021-02-01 $650,000 (12.1%) $1,406,224 (18.2%) 1.89 38,479
2021-03-01 $649,000 (8.4%) $1,389,999 (16.4%) 1.84 38,239
2021-04-01 $650,000 (8.5%) $1,399,519 (13.3%) 1.76 39,849
2021-05-01 $650,000 (8.5%) $1,387,316 (14.6%) 1.73 42,007
2021-06-01 $649,000 (6.8%) $1,349,941 (12.3%) 1.71 44,487
2021-07-01 $629,000 (-0.1%) $1,307,328 (7.5%) 1.66 44,712
2021-08-01 $622,500 (-4.1%) $1,292,003 (2.8%) 1.66 44,177
2021-09-01 $618,500 (-4.8%) $1,294,966 (1.9%) 1.65 43,155
2021-10-01 $625,000 (-3.9%) $1,312,909 (1.0%) 1.67 43,090
2021-11-01 $625,000 (-3.8%) $1,361,740 (3.6%) 1.67 38,710
2021-12-01 $625,000 (-3.8%) $1,394,618 (4.4%) 1.69 32,598
2022-01-01 $625,000 (-3.8%) $1,504,762 (8.8%) 1.69 27,898
2022-02-01 $644,000 (-0.9%) $1,450,324 (3.1%) 1.67 28,274
2022-03-01 $649,995 (0.2%) $1,458,522 (4.9%) 1.63 30,198
2022-04-01 $669,000 (2.9%) $1,456,246 (4.1%) 1.59 31,855
2022-05-01 $677,000 (4.2%) $1,441,821 (3.9%) 1.55 35,674
2022-06-01 $677,000 (4.3%) $1,388,419 (2.9%) 1.51 38,371
2022-07-01 $669,000 (6.4%) $1,347,610 (3.1%) 1.51 40,502
2022-08-01 $659,000 (5.9%) $1,330,848 (3.0%) 1.52 39,660
2022-09-01 $669,950 (8.3%) $1,378,224 (6.4%) 1.57 39,189
2022-10-01 $675,000 (8.0%) $1,467,986 (11.8%) 1.59 39,578
2022-11-01 $675,000 (8.0%) $1,509,960 (10.9%) 1.62 38,208
2022-12-01 $670,000 (7.2%) $1,533,266 (9.9%) 1.65 33,581
2023-01-01 $672,000 (7.5%) $1,560,973 (3.7%) 1.66 30,337
2023-02-01 $688,944 (7.0%) $1,590,351 (9.7%) 1.66 29,852
2023-03-01 $699,000 (7.5%) $1,602,710 (9.9%) 1.65 29,858
2023-04-01 $701,690 (4.9%) $1,624,018 (11.5%) 1.63 31,008
2023-05-01 $744,500 (10.0%) $1,685,125 (16.9%) 1.69 32,102
2023-06-01 $749,000 (10.6%) $1,637,472 (17.9%) 1.68 32,923
2023-07-01 $745,000 (11.4%) $1,605,574 (19.1%) 1.69 32,748
2023-08-01 $725,000 (10.0%) $1,569,162 (17.9%) 1.66 32,398
2023-09-01 $725,000 (8.2%) $1,554,526 (12.8%) 1.69 34,332
2023-10-01 $737,000 (9.2%) $1,621,804 (10.5%) 1.73 33,514
2023-11-01 $737,400 (9.2%) $1,682,664 (11.4%) 1.76 33,823
2023-12-01 $748,000 (11.6%) $1,777,494 (15.9%) 1.82 28,830
2024-01-01 $749,000 (11.5%) $1,759,249 (12.7%) 1.83 26,598
2024-02-01 $752,500 (9.2%) $1,702,306 (7.0%) 1.81 26,866
2024-03-01 $770,000 (10.2%) $1,696,188 (5.8%) 1.81 28,525
2024-04-01 $775,000 (10.5%) $1,704,094 (4.9%) 1.80 30,601
2024-05-01 $793,852 (6.6%) $1,725,586 (2.4%) 1.81 32,222
2024-06-01 $779,999 (4.1%) $1,658,776 (1.3%) 1.77 33,850
2024-07-01 $775,000 (4.0%) $1,634,024 (1.8%) 1.77 33,666
2024-08-01 $759,000 (4.7%) $1,594,117 (1.6%) 1.77 33,001
2024-09-01 $772,500 (6.6%) $1,655,334 (6.5%) 1.82 34,640
2024-10-01 $774,944 (5.2%) $1,657,727 (2.2%) 1.83 34,806
2024-11-01 $768,000 (4.2%) $1,656,125 (-1.6%) 1.84 33,336
2024-12-01 $750,000 (0.3%) $1,668,154 (-6.2%) 1.86 28,853
2025-01-01 $750,000 (0.1%) $1,679,848 (-4.5%) 1.87 26,692
2025-02-01 $766,944 (1.9%) $1,686,914 (-0.9%) 1.86 27,138
2025-03-01 $780,000 (1.3%) $1,671,354 (-1.5%) 1.84 29,482
2025-04-01 $789,473 (1.9%) $1,651,971 (-3.1%) 1.83 31,571
2025-05-01 $795,000 (0.1%) $1,620,340 (-6.1%) 1.81 35,667
2025-06-01 $786,500 (0.8%) $1,582,658 (-4.6%) 1.78 37,132
2025-07-01 $775,000 (0.0%) $1,538,598 (-5.8%) 1.76 36,847
2025-08-01 $760,000 (0.1%) $1,522,545 (-4.5%) 1.77 35,538
2025-09-01 $759,500 (-1.7%) $1,547,083 (-6.5%) 1.79 35,885
2025-10-01 $762,450 (-1.6%) $1,580,250 (-4.7%) 1.80 36,151
2025-11-01 $750,000 (-2.3%) $1,575,331 (-4.9%) 1.81 34,661
2025-12-01 $749,939 (0.0%) $1,600,526 (-4.1%) 1.88 30,003
2026-01-01 $749,000 (-0.1%) $1,596,930 (-4.9%) 1.87 27,682
2026-02-01 $749,450 (-2.3%) $1,620,985 (-3.9%) 1.86 27,679
2026-03-01 $750,000 (-3.9%) $1,593,841 (-4.6%) 1.80 29,871
2026-04-01 $772,929 (-2.1%) $1,577,863 (-4.5%) 1.82 33,514
2026-05-01 $775,000 (-2.5%) $1,538,220 (-5.1%) 1.80 37,154
2026-06-01 $792,000 (0.7%) $1,579,253 (-0.2%) 1.84 38,911
2026-07-01 $772,250 (-0.4%) $1,542,772 (0.3%) 1.80 37,899
2026-08-01 $749,000 (-1.5%) $1,456,869 (-4.3%) 1.76 36,676
2026-09-01 $742,000 (-2.3%) $1,438,438 (-7.0%) 0.00 38,158
Newark's median listing price for 2026-09-01 was $742,000, a difference of $-17,500 (-2.3%) versus the prior year and $-7,000 versus the prior month.

Newark's median listing price comes in at 0% of the national average.

Newark's average listing price for 2026-09-01 was $1,438,438, a difference of $-108,645 (-7.0%) versus the prior year and $-18,431 versus the prior month.

For the 2026-09-01 period, Newark had 38,158 MLS listings, a difference of 1,482 listings (4%) versus the prior month and 2,273 listings (6%) versus the prior year.

Median Listing Time on Market & Square Footage

Realtor.com - Newark (CBSA) retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date Median Listing Time on Market Median Square Footage
2018-01-01 83 days 1,841 sqft
2018-02-01 72 days 1,855 sqft
2018-03-01 52 days 1,880 sqft
2018-04-01 50 days 1,895 sqft
2018-05-01 46 days 1,911 sqft
2018-06-01 50 days 1,920 sqft
2018-07-01 59 days 1,922 sqft
2018-08-01 64 days 1,915 sqft
2018-09-01 66 days 1,900 sqft
2018-10-01 63 days 1,890 sqft
2018-11-01 65 days 1,866 sqft
2018-12-01 78 days 1,842 sqft
2019-01-01 82 days 1,820 sqft
2019-02-01 72 days 1,829 sqft
2019-03-01 59 days 1,863 sqft
2019-04-01 50 days 1,903 sqft
2019-05-01 50 days 1,919 sqft
2019-06-01 55 days 1,928 sqft
2019-07-01 64 days 1,920 sqft
2019-08-01 67 days 1,915 sqft
2019-09-01 68 days 1,906 sqft
2019-10-01 69 days 1,900 sqft
2019-11-01 71 days 1,850 sqft
2019-12-01 85 days 1,830 sqft
2020-01-01 90 days 1,816 sqft
2020-02-01 75 days 1,836 sqft
2020-03-01 54 days 1,850 sqft
2020-04-01 71 days 1,853 sqft
2020-05-01 85 days 1,864 sqft
2020-06-01 85 days 1,863 sqft
2020-07-01 47 days 1,803 sqft
2020-08-01 47 days 1,754 sqft
2020-09-01 51 days 1,702 sqft
2020-10-01 51 days 1,688 sqft
2020-11-01 60 days 1,650 sqft
2020-12-01 74 days 1,607 sqft
2021-01-01 84 days 1,568 sqft
2021-02-01 78 days 1,534 sqft
2021-03-01 55 days 1,534 sqft
2021-04-01 44 days 1,544 sqft
2021-05-01 41 days 1,566 sqft
2021-06-01 44 days 1,578 sqft
2021-07-01 47 days 1,587 sqft
2021-08-01 53 days 1,581 sqft
2021-09-01 57 days 1,560 sqft
2021-10-01 57 days 1,534 sqft
2021-11-01 58 days 1,506 sqft
2021-12-01 70 days 1,462 sqft
2022-01-01 79 days 1,432 sqft
2022-02-01 60 days 1,411 sqft
2022-03-01 40 days 1,430 sqft
2022-04-01 39 days 1,450 sqft
2022-05-01 38 days 1,507 sqft
2022-06-01 39 days 1,555 sqft
2022-07-01 44 days 1,570 sqft
2022-08-01 54 days 1,553 sqft
2022-09-01 59 days 1,549 sqft
2022-10-01 59 days 1,536 sqft
2022-11-01 62 days 1,526 sqft
2022-12-01 75 days 1,500 sqft
2023-01-01 82 days 1,487 sqft
2023-02-01 75 days 1,482 sqft
2023-03-01 55 days 1,487 sqft
2023-04-01 50 days 1,494 sqft
2023-05-01 48 days 1,504 sqft
2023-06-01 51 days 1,526 sqft
2023-07-01 54 days 1,548 sqft
2023-08-01 59 days 1,550 sqft
2023-09-01 60 days 1,552 sqft
2023-10-01 56 days 1,554 sqft
2023-11-01 58 days 1,555 sqft
2023-12-01 71 days 1,534 sqft
2024-01-01 79 days 1,500 sqft
2024-02-01 69 days 1,499 sqft
2024-03-01 50 days 1,500 sqft
2024-04-01 45 days 1,501 sqft
2024-05-01 44 days 1,538 sqft
2024-06-01 47 days 1,558 sqft
2024-07-01 52 days 1,574 sqft
2024-08-01 58 days 1,560 sqft
2024-09-01 57 days 1,565 sqft
2024-10-01 54 days 1,563 sqft
2024-11-01 59 days 1,543 sqft
2024-12-01 73 days 1,500 sqft
2025-01-01 77 days 1,492 sqft
2025-02-01 68 days 1,484 sqft
2025-03-01 48 days 1,500 sqft
2025-04-01 45 days 1,499 sqft
2025-05-01 45 days 1,514 sqft
2025-06-01 49 days 1,541 sqft
2025-07-01 54 days 1,539 sqft
2025-08-01 58 days 1,514 sqft
2025-09-01 58 days 1,508 sqft
2025-10-01 54 days 1,500 sqft
2025-11-01 60 days 1,474 sqft
2025-12-01 71 days 1,433 sqft
2026-01-01 76 days 1,400 sqft
2026-02-01 68 days 1,391 sqft
2026-03-01 52 days 1,398 sqft
2026-04-01 41 days 1,413 sqft
2026-05-01 42 days 1,441 sqft
2026-06-01 47 days 1,458 sqft
2026-07-01 53 days 1,459 sqft
2026-08-01 56 days 1,469 sqft
2026-09-01 0 days 1,461 sqft
Newark's median listing age (time on market) for 2026-09-01 was 0 days. This is -100% shorter than the same period one year ago.

Newark's median square footage for active listings during the 2026-09-01 period was 1,461 sqft. One year prior, the average listing was 1,508 sqft.